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- + The various characters contained in these writings are +
- + copyright 1993 by Thomas Miller. Any resemblance to any +
- + persons or characters either real or fictional is utterly +
- + coincidental. Copying and/or distribution of these tales +
- + is permissible only under the sole condition that no part +
- + of them will be used or sold for profit. In that case, I +
- + hope you enjoy them... +
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- + Thomas Miller +
- + tmiller@cimmeria.gatech.edu +
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- + THE PARTY: +
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- + Alindyar 11th level drow elf mage (N) +
- + Lyra 7th level female drow elf mage (N) +
- + Belphanior 8th/8th/9th level high elf w/m/t (CN) +
- + Ged 9th/9th level grey elf priest/mage (NG) +
- + Arnold 7th level human warrior (NG) +
- + Mongo 9th level dwarf warrior (CG) +
- + Peldor 12th level human thief (N) +
- + Rillen 9th level human warrior (N) +
- * Flint Firelips (guest) dwarven warrior +
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- + Date: 7/28/571 C.Y. (Common Year) +
- + Time: well into the night +
- + Place: the fortress of the vampire lord +
- + Climate: cold, especially in the light of the full moon...+
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- + "Shut up! I'm mad enough to bust something and it +
- + might be you! Now I've got questions and I expect +
- + answers." +
- + Colton +
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- XCIX. A Reunion, of Sorts
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- As most of the party lies imprisoned within a vampire
- lord's castle, the trio of Ged, Peldor, and Lyra have found
- the place and snuck in, searching for their lost companions.
- Various battles have occurred, Peldor has split up from the
- other two, Ged has summoned a fire elemental to help, and
- those imprisoned have began trying to figure out what they
- can do to help cause trouble for their captors.
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- Peldor: (having finally opened a particularly difficult
- door) HOLY SHIT! (gazes in wonder at several piles of
- magical and other items, all belonging to the party
- members who were captured) Hey, this stuff looks awfully
- familiar. (examines the items) Everything's here, too.
- Hmm. Now how in the hell can I cart all this stuff away?
- Ah, maybe I should get only the good stuff...
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- meanwhile, somewhere nearby...
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- Mongo: (watches Rillen strain at his chains without
- moving, as he has been for over ten minutes now) Ah,
- forget it. If you can't break 'em, you can't break
- 'em.
- Rillen: Nothing is impossible. (veins stand out on
- his arms and neck, from the effort, mainly because
- of his broken fingers and the resultant pain) It is
- simply a metter of focusing (ARGH!) the pain.
- Flint: (struggles at his own chains) These are some
- damned thick chains, you know.
- Arnold: Damb thick chains.
- Rillen: AaaaaaaAAAAARGH!!! (rips his chain out of its
- grommet in the stone wall, spraying mortar over those
- chained closest to him) I knew I could do it.
- Mongo: Hey! You did it!
- Rillen: Of course.
- Mongo: But you were all fucked up, wounded and all...
- Rillen: Mind over matter. With an iron will, there
- is little which cannot be done.
- Mongo: I guess so.
- Rillen: I know so. (walks over to Mongo, dragging a
- hefty length of chain with him, since it is still
- manacled around his wrists) Now, you pull, with my
- help, and we shall break this one too. But pull
- hard - most of my strength was used in that last
- effort. (flexes his hands and arms painfully)
- Mongo: Yeah! And then both of us can help Arnold
- with his, and so on...Yeah! (they go to work)
- Alindyar: A domino effect. Make haste.
- Belphanior: (stirs)
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- meanwhile, somewhere above...
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- Ged: (he, Lyra, and the elemental come upon two dead
- ghouls) I sense the hand of Peldor in this...
- Lyra: Indeed. (they continue, homing in on Ged's
- Locate Object signal)
- Ged: Hey! By Boccob! It's moving! The item, that is.
- fire elemental: (looks around)
- Lyra: What is this ahead? (they find a dead wight,
- in front of an open door)
- Ged: (enters a small room) Shelves, upon shelves. I
- wonder what it means? Has Peldor been here? Why was
- he looting the vampire's treasures?
- Lyra: Who can know?
- Lightbringer: I sense undead coming, from the way we
- just came. We must fight them!
- Ged: No, we must follow Peldor's trail. There will be
- plenty of time to fight undead soon. (they continue
- down the corridor)
- fire elemental: (inadvertently steps on the wight's
- corpse, igniting it with a blaze)
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- meanwhile, somewhere below...
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- Rillen: (having freed Mongo, moves toward Arnold) We
- could be out of here soon.
- ghouls: (the guards outside the barred door, they see
- what is happening and freak out) Sssss! (they open
- the cell door and charge toward Rillen and Mongo)
- Arnold: Look oud!
- Mongo: (whirls, and dodges one ghoul's attack) Hey!
- Rillen: (whips his chains around, and snares the other
- undead guard, encircling its skinny neck with the thick
- length of chain) Ungh. (grunts as he pulls the iron
- chain tight) Good thing this chain is on my wrists and
- not in my hands. (veins spring up all over the warrior's
- huge arms)
- ghoul: Ghaaaak! (tries to get the chain off of its
- neck, as its eyes bulge out)
- Mongo: (swings his chain at the first ghoul) Get the
- hell out of my way, or I'll bust you good!
- ghoul: (charges)
- Flint: (still chained, but kicks out, knocking the thing
- from its feet)
- Mongo: (pummels the ghoul with all of his strength)
- Rillen: (pulls his length of chain with a final, mighty
- effort, and grunts as the ghoul's head pops off of its
- body) Whew! What a pain in the neck _that_ must have
- been.
- Mongo: (mercilessly pounding the other ghoul, soon kills
- it) Fucker.
- Rillen: (moves to break Arnold free)
- Arnold: Don't worry aboud your hurd fingers, just give
- me a liddle helb, and I'll break these.
- Mongo: (moves to break Flint free)
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- meanwhile, somewhere above...
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- Ged: (they have just stumbled upon a dead zombie at
- the top of some stairs) At least Peldor left us a
- trail for us to follow.
- Lyra: Indeed he did. (they descend the stairs)
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- meanwhile, somewhere close by...
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- Peldor: (rounds a corner, and bumps into Rillen) Wha-
- Hey! It's you! Nice loincloth.
- Rillen: (regards the thief grimly)
- Mongo: (emerges from the dark cell) Not just him. We
- all made it. And we're ready to kick some ass.
- Arnold: (emerges, carrying Belphanior) Yah.
- Belphanior: (whispering) where's my sword?
- Peldor: What the hell happened to you guys? (looks at
- the prone Belphanior) What the hell happened to HIM?
- Mongo: This is a really bad time to ask questions. If
- you weren't here to help, I'd probably bust you one.
- Peldor: Oh. (cheerfully) Well, since there's no doubt
- a large mob of undead on the way here right at this
- very moment-
- Mongo: Who?
- Flint: (he and Alindyar come out too) Hey there, you
- thief. Come to rescue us?
- Peldor: Of course. Here, I've got something you all
- might be interested in...(unfolds a piece of black
- cloth)
- Mongo: My portable hole! (dives in) YEAH!
- Ged: (tears around the corner) What?
- Mongo: Ged!
- Ged: Mongo!
- Lyra: (dashes around the corner) Alindyar!
- Alindyar: Lyra! (they embrace)
- Flint: The gang's all here.
- fire elemental: (comes around the corner, confused)
- Rillen: (snaps into a defensive posture) On guard!
- Ged: No, no, no. He's with us. (to the elemental)
- Guard that passage.
- fire elemental: (obeys, standing there, blocking the
- passage)
- Mongo: (begins throwing weapons out of the portable
- hole, while Peldor jumps in and starts handing the
- other items up to eager hands) Come and get it!
- Ged: Boccob, but we need a plan. I must heal those
- who need it. Peldor! Where are you?
- Peldor: (sticks his head up from the hole) What?
- Ged: Get up here, and start ringing that healing bell
- you have. I've got serious work to do. (prepares
- to cast healing spells)
- Peldor: (moves to comply) Sure. Thank me later for
- getting all the items back.
- Arnold: (cheerfully) Thanks.
- Belphanior: (in a daze, awaits healing)
- Rillen: (also awaits healing) My fingers...argh.
- Ged: All in due time, my friend. Hold still.
- Alindyar: (finds his spellbook, and begins speedreading)
- Gods be damned.
- fire elemental: (looks for intruders, while scorching
- the ceiling)
- Lightbringer: (to Ged) Attention!
- Ged: What? What? Can't you see that I'm busy?
- Lightbringer: I sense a large group of undead, above
- and to the left, approaching fast.
- Ged: Boccob!
- Lyra: We don't have much time...(dashes past the fire
- elemental while thinking about spells she can cast to
- delay the coming foes and buy the party some more time)
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- meanwhile, somewhere further above...
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- vampire lord: (striding through a hall briskly) The
- gods be DAMNED, Igor!
- Igor: Pleassse don't kill me, massster! (bows and
- dodges) It wasn't my fault!
- vampire lord: (stops at a barracks) You! And you!
- Come with me!
- vampiric mage: (hastens to obey)
- vampiric warrior: (follows silently, bringing a sword)
- vampire lord: Also you! Both of you!
- hairy savage-types: (two; they follow the retinue as
- the vampire lord descends a grand stairway)
- Igor: (bumped aside by one of the savages) Wha- oof!
- spectre: (also in this group, floats along at the end
- of the group) Life energy...life energy! (looks at
- Igor)
- Igor: Aie! (runs after his master) Don't let them
- get me, massster! I've always been a faithful goon!
- Give me another chance! Please, massster, please!
- vampire lord: You shall have a chance, Igor. All you
- have to do is fight the prisoners, when we reach the
- cell block. Do you think you can perform this one
- simple task?
- Igor: Yes, massster! Oh, yesssss!
- vampire lord: Good. (gestures to some shadows within
- a chamber as he passes, and they float out and join
- the force) When I find those mortal fools...they
- shall suffer a thousand torments! I will flay them
- alive and then roll them in salt! They shall DIE!!!
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- next time : battle supreme!
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- ftp site : ccosun.caltech.edu, in pub/adnd/fluff/adventurers
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- notes : Ah, it's all coming to a head here. And the
- Braves are 5 and 2 already as I write this.
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